#B9A031#B9A031

#B9A031 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.129 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9A031
RGB	rgb(185, 160, 49)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 73.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, -2.73, 57.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 57.99, 92.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.0134 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.129 96)
XYZ	xyz(33.1345, 35.6794, 8.0467)
Luminance	0.3568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9A031 #314AB9

analogous

#B95C31 #B9A031 #8EB931

triadic

#B9A031 #31B9A0 #A031B9

tetradic

#B9A031 #31B95C #314AB9 #B9318E

square

#B9A031 #31B95C #314AB9 #B9318E

split-complementary

#B9A031 #318EB9 #5C31B9

monochromatic

#584C17 #897624 #B9A031 #D2BB55 #DFCE86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B9A031 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#B9A031 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9A031

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9A031	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9A031	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9a031;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 160, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.129 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb71',
    500: '#b9a031',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9a031;
$custom-light: #d2bb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9a031",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.971,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70838,
    "c": 0.12871,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.35678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9A031

secondary

#7D8BC8

accent

#63E146

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9A031

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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